Mars environment simulations for traces of life detection

A. Le Postollec (1, 2, 3) , M. Dobrijevic (1, 2, 3) , S. Incerti (4) , P. Moretto (4) , L. Desorgher (5) , G. Santin (6) , P. Nieminen (6) , L. Dartnell (7) , O. Vandenabeele-Trambouze (8) , G. Coussot

1 L3AB - Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux
2 OASU - Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers
3 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
4 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
5 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
6 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
7 complex - Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX),
8 OMEMF - Organisation moléculaire (évolution et matériaux fluores)

Search for extraterrestrial life: new challenge Λ Mars: special exobiologic interest for upcoming missions (ESA-EXOMARS, NASA-PHOENIX...) Λ New tools, miniaturized, sensitive biochip development Λ Resistance of these new tools to space conditions? Λ Radiation : critical issue Λ Need for simulations to define relevant experiment parameters Λ BiOMAS (Biochip for Organic Matter Analysis in Space) project: funded by the French Space Agency (CNES) € BiOMAS - ARCoR (Antibodies Resistance to Cosmic Radiation)

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

A. Le Postollec, M. Dobrijevic, S. Incerti, P. Moretto, L. Desorgher, et al.. Mars environment simulations for traces of life detection. 5th Geant4 Space Users' Workshop. University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan), 13-15 February 2008, 2008, Tokyo, Japan. ⟨hal-00324092⟩